Chair Talk

January 27, 1986

INDIANA UNIVERSITY Athletic Director Ralph Floyd would not comment Sunday on Coach Bob Knight's latest courtside outburst or on the conversation he had with Knight during Saturday's nationally televised game against Illinois. Knight, who was suspended for one game by the Big Ten Conference last year for throwing a chair across the court during a game against Purdue, stomped and slammed a chair to the floor on Saturday. Indiana won the game, 71-69, and moved into a first-place tie with Michigan in the Big Ten standings. But Knight also drew a technical foul for shouting at the officials, and he kicked a megaphone and chewed out the Indiana cheerleaders for disrupting a free- throw attempt by guard Steve Alford. During the game, Knight briefly left the court and met with Floyd in an Assembly Hall corridor. ''That's between Bob and I personally,'' Floyd said on Sunday, referring to their private huddle. ''It's definitely between the two of us.''